Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

9°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

7°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

17°C

29°C

Rain
Cairns

19°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

2°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

23°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

3°C

12°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

5°C

15°C

Rain showers
Perth

11°C

19°C

Rain
Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A high pressure system will continue to trap cool air over Tas, Vic, NSW and SA while directing cool and showery SE winds along the east coast. A weak cold front will brush southwest WA, bringing showers. An area of low pressure over the interior will bring the odd shower/storm.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

VIC

Thu 07:20 AEST

Road Weather Alert reduced visibility in fog Melb Inner Suburbs, Melb Eastern Suburbs, Melb SEern Suburbs & Dandenong Ranges

NSW

Thu 06:17 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Canberra

WA

Thu 03:59 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Esperance and Eucla coasts

TAS

Thu 04:48 AEST

Road Weather Alert for icy Roads for Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley, South East and Central Plateau

TAS

Thu 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for South West and Central West coasts

National

Thu 03:39 AEST

Storm Force Wind Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

QLD

Thu 03:26 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & K'gari Coast

QLD

Thu 03:24 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Torres Strait & Peninsula and Cooktown coasts

VIC

Wed 16:50 AEST

Frost Warning for Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

VIC

Wed 13:45 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Ovens River

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